The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 16, 1978 Page: 12 of 16
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Owls drop pair to UH, TCU; move into cellar
by Gary Vyas
The Basketball program at
Rice University, which shows
signs of revival under coach
Mike Schuler, suffered a
temporary setback last week
as the Owls suffered a pair of
humiliating defeats at the
hands of the Houston Cougars
and the perennial cellar
dwellers, the TCU Horned
Progs.
The game at Fort Worth
produced a story book ending.
An amazing comeback by the
Horned Frogs negated a
magnificent first half
performance by the Owls.
With three minutes remain-
ing in the game, TCU's Jim
Hund scored on a freebie to put
the Frogs ahead 55-54.
TCU coach Tim Somerville
called a time out to dicuss
strategy, and the Frogs came
out playing a delay game.
They handled the ball for
nearly two minutes before the
Owls, playing tight defense,
managed to regain possession
on a tie ball.
Elbert Darden, probably the
best clutch shooter on the Rice
team, again had to take the
shot during a time out called
by Schuler. Darden, who had
won two games for Rice with
last minute baskets, missed a
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short jumper. While Frank
Jackson grabbed the offensive
board, Tony DeCello was
charged with a critical
personal foul.
Steve Scales, who had put
TCU ahead for the first time at
50-49, calmly sank both free
throws to account for the final
57-54 victory.
Coach Schuler was at a loss
to explain the demoralizing
loss. "How did Rice lose?" he
repeated again and again. "I
wish I could answer that."
The Owls got off to a flying
start, twice ahead by 13 points
in the first half. Rice could not
hold on to the big lead, as TCU
outscored the Owls 12-4 during
the final 7:58 of the first half,
and narrowed the margin to
26-21.
Hund opened the second
stanza with a basket to cut the
lead to 26-23. The Owls
however opened up a
comfortable lead and held it til
Mr. Scales and Co. took things
into their own hands.
"That was the most
disappointing defeat," added
Schuler, "To play as well as we
did, and then to come away
with nothing."
Alan Reynolds again paced
the Owls with 14 points, while
Jackson and DeCello followed
with 10 apiece. Jackson
grabbed 14 rebounds to lead
the game in that category.
The Owls (4-19, 2-12) and
TCU (4-18, 1-12) now occupy
the cellar of the SWC. A coin
flip will determine their
opponents in the first round of
the conference tourney, should
they tie for last place.
The Houston Cougars
destryed the Owls for the
second time this season, 87-62,
and convinced a lot of
observers that they were a
force to be reckoned with
during the coming SWC
tournament.
Sophomore Kenneth Wil-
liams set the stage for the
massacre as he "swished"
seven field goals in a row
during the first ten minutes,
and the Cqugars were off and
running.
Rice was never in the game
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Frank Jackson leaps over Frogs for rebound. —waiter underwood
at all, as the Cougars
completely shut off the ^ice
offense, while having no
trouble running their own
plays. The first half ended 46-
22.
The Cougars, who shot at a
49.4 percent clip as compared
to 40.0 percent for the Owls,
padded their lead up to 32, 75-
43 with 7:16 to play. The game
ended at 87-62 as the
substitutes ended the charade
with some very ragged play, to
say the least.
Elbert Darden and Frank
Jackson paced the Owl attack
with 15 and 12 points
respectively. The Cougars,
who placed four players in the
double figures, were led by
Williams who scored 24 points,
a career high.
The Owls travel to Waco the
Saturday to take onthe Baylor
Bears.
Netters split openers
Last Friday afternoon at the
Jake Hess tennis courts, the
Rice tennis team played and
won its first dual match of the
year, defeating Central Texas
College, 8-1. Ross Persons won
the number one singles over
Jeffrey Player of South Africa
by 7-6 (5-2), 6-1. The only
match won by Central Texas
was in the number five singles,
in which Dragon Djurdjench
(from Yugoslavia) edged Chris
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Mullen in a very close match,
7-6, 1-6, 7-6.
Tuesday afternoon, the
Owls ran into the second
ranked team in the country,
Trinity University, and came
out on the short end, 9-0.
However, a couple of players
were ill, and as a result, the
Wednesday match with St.
Mary's was cancelled.
This Saturday afternoon,
Rice will host Southwestern
Louisiana in their third match
of the season. A week from
today, February 23, Texas
Southern visits the Owls. All
home matches begin at 1:30.
Students are mosi welcome.
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formerly of Razor's Edge
Has now joined the staff
at
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Call 528-8404
for appointment
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Parker, Philip. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 16, 1978, newspaper, February 16, 1978; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth245361/m1/12/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.